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Convergent evolution of diverse jaw joints in mammaliamorphs.

Fangyuan Mao, Shan Jiang, Jun Liu, Jicheng Ren, Yong Ye, Yu Liu, Xin Shen, Tao Wang, Guofu Wang, Ping Wang and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Feeding biomechanics in vertebrates and beyond.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Fangyuan Mao *Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. maofangyuan@ivpp.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-8208-3473
Shan Jiang *Research Center of the Jurassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong, China.
Jun LiuKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2205-9671
Jicheng RenKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yong YeResearch Center of the Jurassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong, China.
Yu LiuResearch Center of the Jurassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong, China.
Xin ShenResearch Center of the Jurassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Zigong Dinosaur Museum, Zigong, China.
Tao WangBureau of Land and Resources of Lufeng County, Lufeng, China.
Guofu WangFossil Research Center of Chuxiong Prefecture, Chuxiong, China.
Ping WangChongqing Key Laboratory of Paleontology and Paleoenvironment Co-evolution (Sichuan-Chongqing Joint Construction), Chongqing Institute of Paleontology, Chongqing, China.
Juan ChenChongqing Key Laboratory of Paleontology and Paleoenvironment Co-evolution (Sichuan-Chongqing Joint Construction), Chongqing Institute of Paleontology, Chongqing, China.
Jin MengDivision of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA. jmeng@amnh.org.ORCID 0000-0002-3385-8383

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of a single-dentary-boned lower jaw and its secondary craniomandibular articulation between the dentary condyle and the squamosal glenoid has been regarded as a pivotal vertebrate innovation and defining mammalian trait

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Biological EvolutionJawJointsMammalsAnimalsFossilsMandiblePhylogeny

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